books.google.com - For over half a millenium the Mamluks wielded power over Egypt. During this time they formed a remarkable political, military and economic elite, ruling as sovereigns from 1250 to 1517 and, after the Ottoman conquest, regaining much of their former paramountcy under Turkish supremacy. In this collection...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Mamluks_in_Egyptian_Politics_and_Soc.html?id=WoPF9T4ZiWsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society